QUIZ #1/ Saturday February 25 (80 Points)
You will be asked to answer ONE QUESTION from each section; there are a total of FOUR short answer essay questions, and one additional question, explained below.

Question #1 (20 Points):
Taylor Branch on Reconstruction, from Parting the Waters (pp. 1-26):
Explain the differences between the First (Colored) Baptist Church established in 1867 on Ripley Street and the Second (Colored) Baptist Church established on Dexter Avenue in 1877, in Montgomery, Alabama. Why do these differences remain significant?

Who was Vernon Johns and what is his significance in the story of Civil Rights in the Twentieth Century?

Tony Horwitz, Confederates in the Attic (pp. 1-88): Via Tony Horwitz, you meet a variety of Southerners from the Carolinas. Who are those involved in reenacting various battles of the Civil War, and what are some of the reasons that war remains significant to them? Give three different examples from your reading that illustrate your points.

Question #2 (15 Points):
Wallace Stegner on the West, Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs (1-132):
Why was the West a significant part of Wallace Stegner's life?

What are the most significant characteristics of the West, according to Stegner?

Question #3 (20 Points):
David Stowell on Railroads and the Great Strike of 1877 (1-127)
What were the characteristics of city streets in the era of the Railroad?

Why did people revolt against the railroad in Buffalo, Albany, and Syracuse?

According to Stowell, "who" were the people in the crowds revolting against the RR?

Question #4 (20 Points):
Robert Caro on Robert Moses, The Power Broker (1-367)
(Idealist; Reformer; Rise to Power; Use of Power)
Who was Robert Moses (Introduction)?

In what ways was Moses an Idealist? (Part I)

Why did Moses become interested in civic reform? (Part II)

How and why do you think he is successful in his bid for power? (Part III)

How does he wield power, and to what extent do you think it changes him? Why or why not? (Part IV)

What does Robert Moses reveal about the nature of political power at the turn of the century?

Question #5 (5 Points):

Create FOUR MATCHING QUESTIONS, and their answers, from points made in Lecture, and ONE possible essay questions that reflect theme covered in class. For example:

1. Fifteenth Amendment-provide answer here

2. Radical Reconstruction- provide answer here

3. Mary Lease-provide answer here

4. Knights of Labor-provide answer here

Possible Essay Question: What were the social responses to corporate industrialization in the late nineteenth century?

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Quiz #2/ Saturday April 21 (80 Points)
You will be asked to answer ONE QUESTION from each section; there are a total of FOUR short answer essay questions.

Question #1: Isabelle Wilkerson, Warmth of Other Suns, pp. 1-180; 527-538 (On Moodle): You will have ONE of the following questions to answer.

1-What was life like in the South according to the experience of Ida Mae Brnadon Gladney, and why did she decide to leave?

2-What was life like in the South according to the experience of George Swanson Starling, and why did he decide to leave?

3-What was life like in the South according to the experience of Robert Joseph Persing Foster, and why did he decide to leave?

Question #2: You will be asked to answer ONE of the following questions (Taylor Branch, Parting the Waters, pp. 272-311; 451-491 on Moodle):

1-Why was the Greensboro Sit-in "so different" and how did the Civil Rights' Movement "born"? (Quickening)

2-What happened in the "Summer of Freedom Rides" and what was its effect on the Movement? (Summer of Freedom Rides)

Question #3 (Taylor Branch, Moses in McComb, 452-523): You will be asked to answer the following question:

1- What happened to Bob Moses in Mississippi, and what "failure" did King face in Kansas City? (Moses in McComb)

Question #4: You will be asked to answer one of the following questions (Gene Roberts & Hank Klibanoff, The Race Beat, pp. 1-125; 395-407 on Moodle)

1-Who was Gunnar Myrdal, and what was it that he thought about the South, and what was it that he thought would end its racial segregation? ("An Astonishing Ignorance")

2-What were the differences between the black and the white press, and to what extent did they actually cover the events of the South? Explain. (Chapters 2 & 3)

3-What was the effect of some of the 1940s decisions on segregation on press coverage, and especially the Brown decision in 1954? (Chapters 4 & 5)

4-How did the press (black and white) cover events in Mississippi and the Emmet Till trial--what was the impact of the Till trial on press coverage? (Chapters 6 & 7)

5-What do the authors mean when they write that "masive and passive resistance were born ten days apart in the same incubator in the South"? (p. 109, Chapter 8)